Noometry

Model comparison

Claude Fable 5.1 vs MiniMax M1

Claude Fable 5.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 69.0 to 40.3 on the Noometry Index. MiniMax M1 costs 21× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Claude Fable 5.1's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

Claude Fable 5.1 Anthropic

69.0

Rank #2 Confirmed

MiniMax M1 MiniMax

40.3

Rank #150 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Claude Fable 5.1 scores higher in 8 categories and MiniMax M1 in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Claude Fable 5.1 leads 89.6 to 37.5.
  • MiniMax M1 is cheaper at $0.55 / $2.20 per million input/output tokens, against $10 / $50 for Claude Fable 5.1.
  • MiniMax M1 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Claude Fable 5.1MiniMax M1
ProviderAnthropicMiniMax
Noometry Index69.040.3
Released2026-09-012025-06-13
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1M1M
Max output128K40K
Input $ / M tokens$10$0.55
Output $ / M tokens$50$2.20
Results tracked5218

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Category by category

Coding Claude Fable 5.1 leads

Claude Fable 5.1: 74.7 (#1), MiniMax M1: 39.9 (#153)

BenchmarkClaude Fable 5.1MiniMax M1
LMArena Coding15281359
FrontierCode50.9%—
CursorBench51.8%—
LMArena WebDev1744—
FrontierSWE56.3%—
SciCode63.1%—
GSO88.2%—
WeirdML92.9%—
MirrorCode73.3%—
ALE-Bench2,143—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Claude Fable 5.1: 50.7 (#5), MiniMax M1: —

BenchmarkClaude Fable 5.1MiniMax M1
APEX-Agents68.6%—
Remote Labor Index17.9%—
GDP.pdf29.6%—
Vending-Bench 25,422—

Reasoning Claude Fable 5.1 leads

Claude Fable 5.1: 76.7 (#7), MiniMax M1: 26.9 (#126)

BenchmarkClaude Fable 5.1MiniMax M1
LMArena Hard Prompts15261339
ARC-AGI-290%—
NYT Connections (extended)90%—
ARC-AGI-197.5%—
CritPt31.1%—
Chess Puzzles47%—
EBR-Bench57.1%—
Mystery Game Puzzles58%—
DTBench97.6%—
LMCA65.5%—
Epoch Capabilities Index164.7—

Math Claude Fable 5.1 leads

Claude Fable 5.1: 89.6 (#4), MiniMax M1: 37.5 (#151)

BenchmarkClaude Fable 5.1MiniMax M1
LMArena Math15251361
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)90.2%—
FrontierMath Tier 487.8%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025100%—
ProofBench100%—
FrontierMath Erdős0%—

Knowledge Claude Fable 5.1 leads

Claude Fable 5.1: 69.6 (#6), MiniMax M1: 36.4 (#170)

BenchmarkClaude Fable 5.1MiniMax M1
LMArena Expert15351317
Humanity's Last Exam46.5%—
SimpleQA Verified70.8%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Claude Fable 5.1: 53.9 (#4), MiniMax M1: —

BenchmarkClaude Fable 5.1MiniMax M1
LMArena Vision1318—
Blueprint-Bench 241.9%—
Furniture Assembly70%—
LMArena Document1513—

Multilingual Claude Fable 5.1 leads

Claude Fable 5.1: 59.1 (#3), MiniMax M1: 45.8 (#163)

BenchmarkClaude Fable 5.1MiniMax M1
LMArena Non-English15071319
LMArena Chinese15861360
LMArena French15251370
LMArena German15001350
LMArena Japanese15431217
LMArena Korean15341266
LMArena Russian15211329
LMArena Spanish15161353

Instruction Following Claude Fable 5.1 leads

Claude Fable 5.1: 79.2 (#6), MiniMax M1: 69.3 (#174)

BenchmarkClaude Fable 5.1MiniMax M1
LMArena Instruction Following15171312

Long Context Claude Fable 5.1 leads

Claude Fable 5.1: 46.7 (#20), MiniMax M1: 41.4 (#141)

BenchmarkClaude Fable 5.1MiniMax M1
LMArena Longer Query15221326
Fiction.LiveBench—69.4%

Writing & Preference Claude Fable 5.1 leads

Claude Fable 5.1: 79.2 (#2), MiniMax M1: 53.1 (#161)

BenchmarkClaude Fable 5.1MiniMax M1
LMArena Text15101343
LMArena Creative Writing15071298
LMArena Multi-Turn14921335
EQ-Bench Creative Writing2162—

Frequently asked questions

Is Claude Fable 5.1 better than MiniMax M1?

Claude Fable 5.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 69.0 to 40.3 on the Noometry Index. MiniMax M1 costs 21× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Claude Fable 5.1's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, Claude Fable 5.1 or MiniMax M1?

MiniMax M1 is cheaper. It lists at $0.55 per million input tokens and $2.20 per million output tokens; Claude Fable 5.1 lists at $10 and $50.

Is Claude Fable 5.1 or MiniMax M1 better for coding?

Claude Fable 5.1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 74.7 versus 39.9 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Both accept 1M tokens.

How many benchmarks do Claude Fable 5.1 and MiniMax M1 share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude Fable 5.1 has 52 scored results on Noometry and MiniMax M1 has 18.

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